Ahmad A.

Ahmad A.

Senior Software Engineer

Cairo, Egypt
Hire Ahmad A. Hire Ahmad A. Hire Ahmad A.

About Me

Highly-experienced DevOps Engineer with +7 years of experience managing cloud-based platforms and system administration. With a passion for developing automation solutions, I put great emphasis on culture and practices while working in a cross-functional team environment. I have an outstanding background in infrastructure performance, ensuring positive communication with developers, engineers, project managers, and executives.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
DevOps Engineer
2019 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Delivers CI/CD as part of an agile team in improving performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.

  • Helps build and improve infrastructure, application and performance development and ensures tight security including data encryption, security groups and environment scanning.

  • Ensures high-quality deliverables and implements DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments .

Swvl
Swvl
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Maintained build and release notes for developer teams and maintained TFS and Jenkins for dev CI/CD pipeline.

  • Created and developed systems for an application that provides a technology based alternative to public transportation in Egypt.

  • Established automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/ CD pipelines).

Instabug
Instabug
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Remote
  • Continually developed and enhanced DevOps tools, processes and procedures for a mobile developers platform.

  • Created automation for application deployment, system and security configurations in AWS Cloud.

  • Implement integrations and updates, seeking enhanced user experience by immediately resolving all technical issues.

MENA Commerce
MENA Commerce
DevOps Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Built a reliable and resilient infrastructure, integrated necessary tools and wrote scripts that improve developer performance for the first Big-Data start-up in the MENA region.

  • Facilitated the organization and virtualization of software containers using Docker for accelerated deployment and integration.

  • Analyzed and implemented strategies for continuous deployment.

Phonidex
DevOps Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Developed steps and processes to enhance and expand current company technology solutions.

  • Assisted department engineers by providing practical demonstrations and solutions.

  • Work closely with project management to monitor current project progress and implementation.

EG-CERT
EG-CERT
Malware Hunter
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Egypt
  • Built and maintained the national honeynet project. Enhanced cyber threat analysis, intelligence analysis and reporting.

  • Created task automation using open source, customized scripts, and/or off-theshelf tools.

  • Managed automated build, continuous testing and integration for the system in a production environment.

Coud9ers
Coud9ers
Senior Systems Engineer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Cairo , Egypt
  • Deployed and maintained two platforms, Simtry.com and Teeksforgeeks.com, as well as cloud applications into AWS and maintaining internal systems.

  • Managed and monitored cloud infrastructure and systems, virtualized environments, and build environments.

  • Developed continuous improvement for test architecture and automation. Automate data collection for increased productivity.

Synapse labs
Synapse labs
Security researcher
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Egypt
  • Developed applications for observation and analysis, following standard protocols.

  • Sorted acquired data into an organized format, conducting a detailed analysis of incidents.

  • Performed advanced vulnerability research / penetration testing.

Portfolio

DevOps Engineer - Middleware

Middleware project provides a unified platform that provides SOAP-based web services that enable the BSS team to perform operations that are related to the core OSS network devices such as the AAA and PCRF servers and Database Engines.

DevOps Engineer - Bastio

Bastio is an operating system user account provisioning tool to help people with a lot of servers and users create and delete system user accounts. Using Bastio, team members no longer need to keep track of access to servers. Once a team member leaves, access can be disabled to all server assets with one click.

DevOps Engineer - Network Support Tools

NST is an internal tool that is used by TEData units in order to gather subscriber-related information such as profile, session, logs information. NST also provides analytics that helps strategic planning and marketing decisions to be made.

DevOps Engineering - TeeksForGeeks Social Learning Platform

TeeksForGeeks is a social-network platform that facilitates Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge sharing, interactive learning, training, and collaboration. It’s also a growing e-marketplace for online courses, tailored -into teeks- to the specific needs of the geeks out there. I was responsible for deploying and maintaining the platform, as well as cloud applications into AWS and maintaining internal systems.

DevOps Engineer - SimTry Labs and SLP

SimTry Labs is a way to rent (per-hour) pre-configured cloud-based computer labs. An embeddable widget makes technical content come to life, enabling users to view and interact with the cloud servers and practice IT or code-related tasks. SimTry SLP is a white-label cloud-based training platform, where the audience can find training content and interested peers. SLP can be customized with company branding and content, also being available with in-house deployment or on the public cloud. The application can be tightly integrated with its revolutionary brother Labs.

Education

Education
Red Hat, License 140-238-916
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Education
CoudU Certification
Cloud University
2014 - 2014
Education
Cryptography
Coursera
2012 - 2012
Education
UNIX
Information Technology Institute
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Education
BSc. Computer Science
Mansoura University
2006 - 2010 (4 years)